The Execution of this Warrant appears in the Pannel hereto annexed.
The Answer of John Prockter< no role >
Beadle
London
Informations of Witnesses taken at the
Parish of Christ Church
in the
Ward of Harringdon without in
London the 15 Febry 1797 on view of
the body of
John Parish< no role >
there lying
dead
Samuel Warren< no role >
of Cow Lane West Smithfield
Butcher
maketh oath that a little before eight
o'clock yesterday morning as dept was in the
Oxford Arms passage
Warwick lane
he heard the
report of a pistolwhich& on depts return up the
[..] passage he saw the decedbysitting against the Wall of
a House where Dept was told the dead lodgeddept
saw much blood about him and on looking observed
his face was much wounded.
Sword the 15 Febry 1797
before me
T. Shelton Corr< no role >
S Warren
Thomas Foster< no role >
of No. 1. Oxford Arms
Passage Warwick Lane
maketh oath that the decd
has lodged at his House about sixteen months.
Says that yesterday evening he heard the report of a
pistol
, & on dept. getting up & opening the door a
young man< no role >
a hair dresser who knew the deced threw
a pistol into the passage
& sayed Parish has shot
himselfSays when he saw the deced he was quitedead.
Says the deced behaviour was very extravagant.that
he treated his Wife very Ill by abusing herDept believed
he was jealous of her, [..]
Thos. Foster< no role >
Sworn the 15 Febry 1797
before me T: Shelton Corr.